Perichondritis and auricular cellulitis related to piercings as first manifestation of monkeypox

Introduction

Pinna infections are usually due to Staphylococcus aureus infection. It is common for the patient to have had an earring in the area of infection. Monkeypox infection has gone from being an endemic infection to a worldwide health emergency.

Case summary

In this article we present five cases of monkeypox earring infection of the pinna and what common features we have seen that differentiate them from Staphylococcus aureus infection.

Discussion

Symptoms of monkeypox include general malaise, fever with uni- or bilateral lymphadenopathy, and then the appearance within one or two days of skin lesions, we want to alert he otolaryngologist and the medical society to the possibility the diagnostic possibility of monkeypox in patients with an auricular perichondritis.